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The
resonators define the fundamental sound. They are easily
exchangeable. Two blue resonators made of swamp-ash are
supplied, which are very percussive with clear lows and
highs. Two red resonators are also included in the set. They
sound more powerful and forceful.
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The neck
has a 25-1/2 inch scale length (650 mm). Like the
fingerboard it is made of bird's-eye maple. The neck is
connected to the "bird" element with a metrical screw
connection. The frets are narrow and tall.
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The
string-clamp serves as the string-attachment to the neck.
You can utilize regular strings, without double-ball ends.
The strings are easily secured with the small
levers.
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The pickups
are shift-able and twist-able. In addition, they can be
easily exchanged by means of a screw connection. That way
the strings can remain in their tuning. Two singlecoils and
three humbuckers are included. They can be adjusted into any
position. Naturally, all the pickups are hand-wound with
great care.
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bird. One
of the two central elements that connect the components.
This part's tonal function is crucial. It requires an
extraordinarily careful manufacture.
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fish. The
second of the two central elements that connect components.
For this element a particularly neutral-sounding
aluminum-alloy is used. The casting process occurs in a
vacuum. Afterwards the sculpture is hand-polished to a high
gloss and chrome-plated.
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Electronics-box.
It is adjustable, in order for the Fade-in control to
conform to your playing-position. The 5-way selector
corresponds to that of a Stratocaster.
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Headless-hardware,
with which you tune the guitar. The strings are easily
installed by the ball-ends. The instrument is tuned by
turning the tuning knobs. Normal strings can be
used.
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The midi system is based on a RMC piezo bridge and a RMC
Polydrive controller. In the construction process I tried to
find a path to keep midi sounds and magnetic pickup sounds
seperated in two different circuits. In order to avoid the
unharmonic influence of the midi-controller on the magnetic
pickup sound you can play the mag pickups separately through
the standart jack into any amp. At the 13 pin jack you get a
combination of the synthesizer tone and the fantastic
accoustic tone of the RMC piezo bridge.
The standart birdfish can be upgraded into a midi birdfish
at any time. You only have to interchange the Tunamatic
bridge by the RMC bridge and the standart control box by the
midi box. Then plug the RMC bridge into the new midi box.
Done.
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On the control box you find counter-clockwise:
at the left side the magnetic pickup volume,
the next is the magnetic pickup tone
then the two little jacks for the pickup system input,
then the magnetic pickup output jack,
the midi output jack (13 pin)
the midi volume and the acoustic volume.
On top of the box are two momentary switches for controlling
your converter programs (up and down).
You should use a tube amplifier for the birdfish's fabulous
magnetic sounds and the P.A. or an other amp for the GR 30.
So you can acchieve infinite tonal combinations of all
systems together. You can control the share of the single
units by using the three different volume knobs. E.g. you
can play the magnetic birdfish through a high gain tube amp
over layer of a synthie sound with acoustic piezo
attack.
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The entire set includes: a birdfish, four resonators, five
pickups and a hand-sown gig-bag. This heavily-padded bag is
made out of nubuk leather and has four external pockets in
which all the parts fit into. A shoulder strap is included
as well.
The guitar will be available in a series limited to 500
instruments.
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Despite their simple construction, guitars are subject to
special acoustic and electro-acoustic rules. The fundamental
character of the sound is formed by the resonant properties
of the body wood. Underneath the strings are the pickups,
which, according to their position between the bridge and
the neck, transmit the various overtones to the strings. The
composition of the pickups, which, simply put, are made out
of copper wire and magnets, is tonally significant. These
three fundamental principles form the character of the
instrument. If one were to make them variable, then one
could thereby change the character of the
instrument.
This is the
theme of the birdfish. The body, as a source of tone, is
reduced to two cylindrical resonators, which are available
in different materials. They are interchangeable by means of
a screw-connection. The pickups are arranged adjustably on a
rail and therefore pickup the overtones variably.
Additionally,
five pickups with different characteristics are at one's
disposal. One can very easily go through all the variations.
The two aluminum sculptures "bird" and "fish" assume the
connection of all the components. They are bridges of
vibration-transfer, and establish contact to the body of the
player.
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